TY - JOUR AB - One of Her Britannic Majesty's Ministers hanging about outside the Council Chamber while it is deliberated within whether or not Britain is to be admitted to the not so Common Market must present a picture never‐to‐be‐forgotten. Public officers, of course, are accus‐tomed to this when attending selection interviews for appointments, but such experiences invariably make us feel a little like “poor relations.” The controversy of whether we are “in” or “out” then is settled—and we must be under no delusions—for a very long time. As we see it, the French want the densely populated area of Western Europe as an agricultural market for themselves alone. They appeared to be willing to let Denmark in, but they have no intention of letting Britain in to bring the vast Commonwealth agricultural exports with them, via the back door, so to speak. That is the position now and even when “all the kings depart”, it will not change. VL - 65 IS - 4 SN - 0007-070X DO - 10.1108/eb011612 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb011612 PY - 1963 Y1 - 1963/01/01 TI - British Food Journal Volume 65 Issue 4 1963 T2 - British Food Journal PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 43 EP - 56 Y2 - 2024/04/19 ER -